Monitoring of trends in socioeconomic inequalities in mortality: Experiences from a European project

Demographic Research

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages 229-254

  Kunst, Anton E ^a   Bos, Vivian ^a   Andersen, Otto ^b   Cardano, Mario ^c   Costa, Giuseppe ^c   Harding, Seeromanie ^d,k   Hemström, Örjan ^e   Layte, Richard ^f   Regidor, Enrique ^g   Reid, Alison ^d,h   Santana, Paula ⁱ   Valkonen, Tapani ^j   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Statistics Denmark ^*  (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f The Economics and Social Research Institute   (Ireland)

^g Ministry of Environment   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^k MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 4344631916     PISSN: 14359871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/demres.2004.s2.9     Document Type: Article

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